>This is from 2016. If you believe that Trump has a plan and is still following it (and is still in control and using the Insurrection Act to operate as a legitimate shadow government during a time of irregular warfare), then you might understand that he had no intention of going after Hilary during his first Administration. But that doesn't mean he won't when he comes back into the light as the real POTUS when the time is right. He's very careful with his words and uses them for creating the optics that leads his enemies to respond the way he wants them to, which in this case helps to make Hilary feel no need to act out against him as she would if he had said otherwise. This gave him the opportunity to follow through with other parts of his plan uninterrupted, while maintaining the appearance of weakness that has helped him carry out that plan while avoiding the worst consequences that might result if he went about it any other way than he has. You need to put yourself back to 2016 and what we didn't know then (but he did) and then look at what we've learned since then about what the DS were planning and what would have resulted if Trump had appeared too much of a threat.